GASTON COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - O'Connor Grove African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Church Cemetery
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O'Connor Grove African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Cemetery, Highway 7,
Just north of Interstate 85, Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina.
Surveyed by Philip Underwood-Sheppard, April 9, 2001, with the assistance of
Timothy Alan Sheppard.
This cemetery is to the right of the church (facing the cemetery) and the
gravestones face east. The cemetery is in good condition. I began this survey
in the back of the cemetery and worked toward the road. Information in the
[ ]s was provided by a relative of some of these folks.
Row 1
Georgia Ann Leeper no dates
[wife of R. F. Leeper]
R. F. Leeper 1877 1930
Row 2
Walter Franklin Davis December 4, 1886 June 1, 1946
(space)
William A. Davis 1889 1930
Lula M. Davis 1892 1929
[wife of William G. Davis]
William G. Davis March 31, 1919 February 13, 1920
[son of William A. and Lula M. Davis]
(space)
Roosevelt Hinton January 26, 1942
Ernestine Hinton September 11, 1902
Willie Belle Weaks Hinton March 15, 1902 July 14, 1998
Row 3
Floyd Green September 19, 1896 December 30, 1943
North Carolina Private 335 Service BN QM World War I
Row 4
Johnie Jenkins November 15, 1886 September 17, 1918
Verlon Forney March 16, 1908 February 9, 1990
[son of J. S. and Ella L. Forney]
Ella L. Forney November 30, 1879 October 31, 1950
[wife of J. S. Forney]
J. S. Forney October 3, 1879 December 14, 1948
James O. Forney August 10, 1897 August 5, 1945
[son of J. S. and Ella L. Forney]
Cora W. Hall February 15, 1882 August 20, 1943
A. Hall July 7, 1894 October 7, 1924
Age 27 years (actually appears on the stone, in spite of the dates)
Row 5
Martha Jane Davis April 30 1886 January 30, 1950
(large space)
Row 5A
Susan Hood January 30, 1931 Age 72 years
Francis Steele March 3, 1909 March 22, 1931
Son of Luther and Dora Steele
Row 5B
Broken stone
Nancy H. Williamson March 11, 1868
[wife of Willie R. Williamson]
Willie R. Williamson November 13, 1868 January 16, 1946
Little Kate April 2, 1924 November 29, 1932
Row 6
Paul Howard Wofford May 3, 1905 December 12, 1987
Otis Green September 28, 1924 October 9, 1944
Row 7
Hannah Pettis 1882 April 4, 1931
Alma Williamson November 12, 1907 January 8, 1935
Hazel Moore March 11, 1896 April 24, 1931
Elizabeth Simrels November 11, 1908 age 60 years
Row 8
Lula Williamson Reid 1887 1952
Sheila Williamson Gordon August 7, 1903 May 26, 1995
Delia A. Williamson March 3, 1885 April 11, 1902
Frank W. Williamson June 13, 1917 February 24, 1944
North Carolina TEC 5 QM Corps World War II
Row 9
Roscoe Gilmore Hager March 2, 1914 January 13, 1952
North Carolina Pvt. 544 Port Co TC World War II
Mack Payne December 12, 1930
South Carolina Pvt. 156 Depot Brig
Newby Hamilton September 28, 1912 December 23, 1931
William H. Gilmore July 9, 1856 May 13, 1933
Mary R. Gilmore January 5, 1871 February 27, 1947
[wife of William H. Gilmore]
Rainey Gilmore October 11, 1894 February 27, 1917
[son of William, H. and Mary R. Gilmore]
Row 10
George Jackson August 2, 1896 May 9, 1949
North Carolina Pvt. 808 Pioneer Inf. World War I